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In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

e red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

tina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens. -- Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic, a.

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. "Overlook this pedigree." Shak. The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. Roscommon.

An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.

To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.

To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. Ponder the path of thy feet. Prov. iv. 26.

To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence. A committee of nine precognoscing the chances. Masson.

An examiner; an approver. Maydman.

To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.

To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.

to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.

An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

To address questions to; to examine by questions.

To search for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] Shak.

To search again; to examine anew.